Same-Sex Marriage -- Why Supporting It Is Good For Children

[ValerieA 350]

And Regnerus' study does not take into account the fact that many children of same sex parents are high-risk children - adopted out of the foster care system at an older age. His methodology was flawed all over the place.

Although most adoptive parents are heterosexual, one of the historic changes in adoption practice over the past several decades is the growing number of children entering families with lesbian and gay parents. They are mainly girls and boys from foster care who are older or have special needs, but also domestically born infants placed by their first mothers (and sometimes fathers), and children from other countries. They are being adopted in every state and live in nearly every county in the nation, and lesbian and gay parents, like their heterosexual counterparts, are providing nurturance and life-long permanence for these children. Moreover, they are doing so with a high level of parenting sensitivity and competence, comparable to that found among heterosexual adopters. And the evidence is that their sons and daughters are adjusting just as well as those being raised by straight parents.

Evan B. Donaldson October 2011 study

Regnerus has to learn to control his sample for other contributing factors. As has already been pointed out, his definitions were also highly suspect.

[Danno 1,228]

And Regnerus' study does not take into account the fact that many children of same sex parents are high-risk children - adopted out of the foster care system at an older age. His methodology was flawed all over the place.

Not to poke a pin your "adoption ballon" but...

Funny you mention "adoptions" when you dig into this study they actually cover this too.

In fact I don't have the table in front of me but there were actually one or two areas where Adoptees scored even higher than the Mother-father comparison.

So don't assume thats what caused such poor performance of Children of Lesbian couples.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The most comprehensive study done to date and you reject the scrutinized outcome.

The outcome is - per the author of the study - explicitly NOT what you want it to be. Get that in your head.